Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Porcelain, Wood
2010s French Other Table Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Marble
1940s American Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Marble
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1960s French Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak
1970s Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper
1960s Vintage Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Table Lamps
Copper
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Giltwood
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
1960s Slovak Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1790s Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Copper
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper
1970s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s French Adam Style Table Lamps
Wood, Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Tôle
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Rattan
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
20th Century French Adam Style Table Lamps
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Fabric, Lucite, Wood
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century British Regency Table Lamps
Tôle
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Plastic, Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Cut Steel
Late 19th Century Belgian Steampunk Antique Table Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Silk, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine
Antique and Vintage Table Lamps for Sale: Find Art Deco Table Lamps, Murano Glass Table Lamps and Other Lighting on 1stDibs
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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